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New MBAs Should Start Their Careers in Frontier Markets

Harvard Business Review

Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. By then their worldviews are largely formed, and at best they graft frontier market experiences onto that mature-market base. Of course, it helps you understand those foreign markets.

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Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

They didn't understand how to sell their project internally and were unable to garner senior executive sponsorship. In almost every interview, salespeople also lamented the lack of leads being generated by their marketing department as well. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren't experienced with purchasing products.

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Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2013, a much-touted survey suggested that by 2020 — just over a year from now — a whopping 40% of the workforce would be so-called contingent workers, a number that would include contractors, temps and the self-employed. The measurements can vary a lot and so can the predictions for how much it’s likely to expand.

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What to Do When You’re Returning to a Company You Used to Work For

Harvard Business Review

The increasing acceptance of boomerang employees is partly due to the “tight job market,” according to Michael Watkins, chair of Genesis Advisers , professor at IMD , and author of The First 90 Days. Do: Project maturity by acting more formal and reserved in your first few weeks on the job to showcase how you’ve grown.

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Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

They didn't understand how to sell their project internally and were unable to garner senior executive sponsorship. In almost every interview, salespeople also lamented the lack of leads being generated by their marketing department as well. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren't experienced with purchasing products.

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Don’t Write Off the (Western) Focused Firm Yet

Harvard Business Review

In his article “ Why Conglomerates Thrive (Outside the U.S.) ” in the December 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review , J. The forces of lawmaking, jurisprudence and, yes, ethics bring about sufficient transparency, market efficiency and fair business behavior for the conglomerate not to be worth its salt.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within India-based IT company HCL Technologies, the German division of online auctioneer eBay, and the marketing division of automaker Volkswagen in Europe. Willing to Take Chances.